Abstract: The article contains recording of the scientific session of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences on the topic ‘Spiritual and Moral Unity of the Main Russian Confessions’.

Keywords: philosophy, religion, human, society, civilization, culture, spirituality, morals

Abstract: The article reveals the target, subject and forms of political influence and thereby – the role of politics in the system of social administration.

Keywords: political influence, social administration, administrative body, executive activity, public interests

Abstract: The article considers theoretical issues of representation and reveals peculiarities of the two main models of representation, the model of similarity and the model of substitution. The author of the article proves the need in the ‘substitution’ model in the modern context. The author also describes how the representative function of the parliaments reveals itself in modern Russia and the causes of deformation of the parliaments’ representative function.

Keywords: political science, parliament, representative, models of representation, representation as a similarity, representation as a substitution, deformation of representation, free mandate, imperative mandate (instruction), electors

Abstract: Ongoing positive changes in Russia connected with reconstruction of our state institution in economic, political and social spheres do not fully involve modern spiritual living bases of the society. It creates a certain threat and obstacles for Russia in keeping its unique place in the world and building a stable democratic society protected from destructive influence of other cultures. Despite the fact that the government undertakes the greater part of social and political functions in the process of building a secularized society, there still remain powerful religious organizations which can decently perform the government’s functions. Teaching us moral ideals and thereby solving serious social conflicts, religion has always been the most important element of social security. This is why the Russian Orthodox Church assistance in the process of solving the acutest social issues is the basic requirement for economic health of the country and political stability.

Keywords: political science, church, state institution, society, doctrine, security, stability, medicine, prison, education

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the forced labor of the Soviet citizens oppressed by the Nazi in the years of the Second World War and used in agriculture of the national-socialistic Germany. The author reviews discriminating provisions of the national socialistic legislation which regulated the labor and incarceration conditions of the Soviet citizens.

Keywords: political science, history, enforcement, labor, workers, national socialism, Germany, rural community, discrimination, legislation

Abstract: The article addresses the need to review mediatization policy from the synergetic point of view. Modern society faces the growth of social apathy and insensitivity to the standard information flow. Internet is becoming a self-organizing system, bringing back the political relationship from the latent state.

Keywords: political science, synergy, the system selforganization, bifurcation, forecast, regions, mediatization, the Internet, the conflict, the leaders

Abstract: The article considers the basic approaches to the study of electoral behavior in Western political science. The author of the article describes their theoretical and methodological potentials and analyzes their drawbacks. The author also characterizes the integrative research model based on the synthesis of the main postulates of the mentioned above approaches, proves its epistemic value both for Russian political research and practice.

Keywords: political science, electorate, behavior, voting, elector, party, preference, motivation, determinant, approach

Abstract: The Russian feminist movement has certain value systems, needs and dispositions. The author of the article views various trends of women’s non-governmental organizations over the past two decades from the point of view of the ideas forming the ideology of this feminist movement. The author also makes an attempt to mark some tendencies of its development.

Keywords: political science, feminist movement, gender, feminism, social movement, women’s organization, modern Russia, civil society, socialization of women, democracy